is condemning the barrage of rocket fire from gazatoisrael. threepeoplewerekilled.israelsaysit's preparing for widening of the response. leland vittert is monitoring developments from the israel-gaza border. >> reporter: hamas opened their promised gates of hell, bombarding israel south with hundreds of rockets. this is right now the safest place. we can come in under here. the missile is coming in. you know it's here. where will it hit? there it was. the explosion nearby. we'm walk around to the other side where you saw this damage. that is it. this is the other side of the apartment issue we are on. looking at the gaza strip where the missile flew out of and in this apartment building. you get a sense how ran dam the killing is here and how absolute the destruction is. >> death fear, because people are lying here dead, because of those missiles. >> you think it could be you? >> it could be you. yes. >> right now, we have air raid sirens going out and they're trying to figure out whether it needs to launch or intercept the missile coming in from gaza. headed for populated area